Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit (BMUB)
Agency overview
Formed 6 June 1986
Jurisdiction Government of Germany
Headquarters Robert-Schuman-Platz 3, 53175 Bonn
Employees 814
Annual budget € 8.256 million (2009)
Minister responsible
Child agencies
  • Federal Environmental Agency
  • Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
  • Federal Office for Radiation Protection
Website http://www.bmub.bund.de/
Headquarters in Bonn
Seat in Berlin on Alexanderplatz

The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, (German: Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit), abbreviated BMUB, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is headquartered in Bonn with a branch office in Berlin. The current minister of the environment is Barbara Hendricks, who assumed office on December 17, 2013.[1]

The ministry was established on June 6, 1986 in response to the Chernobyl disaster. The then Federal Government wanted to combine environmental authority under a new minister in order to face new environmental challenges more effectively. Prior to this responsibilities for environmental issues were distributed among the ministries of the Interior, Agriculture and Health.

Functions

The ministry's primary functions include:[2]

Organization

The ministry is led by the Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety. The current Minister is Barbara Hendricks, appointed by Chancellor Angela Merkel. The minister is supported by two parliamentary state secretaries (members of the cabinet and federal government, "deputy ministers") and two career state secretaries (public servants)[3] who manage the ministry's nine directorates:[4]

See also

Federal Environment and Building Ministers

Political Party:       CDU       Green       SPD

Name
(Born-Died)
Party Term of Office Chancellor
(Cabinet)
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Walter Wallmann
(b. 1932)
CDU 6 June 1986 22 April 1987 Kohl
(II)
Klaus Töpfer
(b. 1938)
CDU 7 May 1987 17 November 1994 Kohl
(IIIIV)
Angela Merkel
(b. 1954)
CDU 17 November 1994 27 October 1998 Kohl
(V)
Jürgen Trittin
(b. 1954)
Green 27 October 1998 22 November 2005 Schröder
(III)
Sigmar Gabriel
(b. 1959)
SPD 22 November 2005 28 October 2009 Merkel
(I)
Norbert Röttgen
(b. 1965)
CDU 28 October 2009 22 May 2012 Merkel
(II)
Peter Altmaier
(b. 1958)
CDU 22 May 2012 17 December 2013
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
Barbara Hendricks
(b. 1952)
SPD 17 December 2013 Incumbent Merkel
(III)

References

  1. "Wie Merkel Röttgen abschaltete". Spiegel-Online. retrieved 16 May 2012.
  2. Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety - primary functions retrieved 25-May-2012
  3. BMUB. "Heads of the Ministry". bmub.bund.de. BMUB. Archived from the original on 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
  4. BMUB (2015-03-04). "Organisational Chart - Heads of Ministry". bmub.bund.de. BMUB. Archived from the original on 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2015-03-18.

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